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News Notes – May 21
1979 – White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk. More anniversaries. Mission Hill residents address concerns to university officials by Jenna Duncan, Huntington News Staff – 5/21/10 About 50 Mission Hill residents attended Northeastern’s Community Conversation at the Mission Church [...]
News Notes – May 11
1820 – Launch of HMS Beagle, the ship that took Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage. More anniversaries. Woman mauled by chimp is evaluated at Brigham By Elizabeth Cooney – Globe Correspondent / May 11, 2010 A Connecticut woman who was mauled and blinded by a chimpanzee last year arrived at a Boston hospital yesterday morning [...]
News Notes – April 22
1970 – The first Earth Day is celebrated. More anniversaries. Colleges to Pay More By Emily Cassel, Huntington News Correspondent – 4/22/10 Boston’s universities, along with hospitals and other tax-exempt non-profit organizations, may soon be asked to contribute millions more annually to the city of Boston as part of the city’s PILOT program. Boston is [...]
News Notes – April 11
Picket lines increasingly rare sight as the ranks of organized labor thin By Katie Johnston Chase – Globe Staff / April 11, 2010 Supermarket shoppers in the Boston area have been seeing a rare sight over the past month: workers on strike. Shaw’s employees have been picketing in front of 16 local Shaw’s stores since [...]
News Notes – March 27
Shaw’s pickets getting backups – Other unions join in, talks due Monday By Jenn Abelson – Globe Staff / March 26, 2010 As dozens of unions prepare to join striking Shaw’s workers and escalate their protest today across New England, the supermarket chain has agreed to meet with the union Monday. Russ Davis, executive director [...]
News Notes – February 12 – founding of NAACP, 1909
Union gears up for labor dispute – Convention authority ‘stonewalling’ over pay, workers say By Katie Johnston Chase – Globe Staff / February 12, 2010 The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority board yesterday approved Levy Restaurants to replace Aramark Corp. as the food and beverage vendor effective June 1, but an agreement has not yet been [...]
News Notes – February 9
What goes around By Kevin Cullen – Globe Columnist / February 9, 2010 Last year, when the staff at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center agreed to give up raises and benefits so the hospital would not have to lay off its lowest-paid workers, the story went viral. In the face of unremitting bad economic news [...]
T Riders Union Hearing Exposes Passengers' Anger
BY JON BALL Much has been made about the threatened cut in the 55 bus route, but discontent with MBTA service extends beyond the West Fens. Spurred by recent protests—after which Governor Patrick announced postponement of proposed service cuts and fare increases—approximately 50 people attended a November 7 People’s Forum on transit justice, hosted at [...]
Announcement: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center called on to refund controversial “late-night” fees to Emergency Room patients
The following announcement was broadcast this morning by SEIU-1199: Healthcare workers to demonstrate at annual BIDMC board meeting and launch public advocacy campaign for patient refund WHAT: Demonstration at annual Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center board meeting and launch of public advocacy campaign calling for “late-night” ER fees to be refunded WHEN: Tuesday, September 22, [...]
MBTA Outrage—Manufactured or Real?
Richard Pendleton has been writing for the Fenway News since soon after the first issue in 1974. Over the years he has covered many topics; lately he has been interested in issues of public transportation. BY RICHARD PENDLETON The May 8 Green Line trolley collision generated visible outrage in MBTA General Manager, Dan Grabauskas, during [...]
Print Edition: May 2012
